Canton of Marquion

The Canton of Marquion is a former canton in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation that came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 17 communes, which all joined the canton of Bapaume in 2015. It had a total of 11,433 inhabitants (2012).

Geography
The canton was organised around Marquion in the arrondissement of Arras. The altitude varies from 32 m at Oisy-le-Verger to 127 m at Bourlon, with an average altitude of 66 m.

The canton comprised 17 communes:


 * Baralle
 * Bourlon
 * Buissy
 * Écourt-Saint-Quentin
 * Épinoy
 * Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt
 * Inchy-en-Artois
 * Lagnicourt-Marcel
 * Marquion
 * Oisy-le-Verger
 * Palluel
 * Pronville
 * Quéant
 * Rumaucourt
 * Sains-lès-Marquion
 * Sauchy-Cauchy
 * Sauchy-Lestrée